Last Wild Island:Saving Tetepare

A well told story with humourous and insightful moments about Australian ecologist John Read and his family as they battle to save Tetepare Island in the Solomons from ugly indiscriminate logging. They establish the Tetepare Descendants Association (TDA) and the book shares the challenges of different food, culture, disease and the hope of a sustainable future. More

This is the story of Tetepare, the South Pacific’s largest uninhabited island and the fight to save it from logging and destruction. Peppered with humorous anecdotes and accessible ecological explanation, Read’s writing entertains and informs about the culture, society and wildlife of this intriguing island in the Solomon’s.

John Read is an acclaimed and passionate ecologist and author, with a PhD in Ecosystem Management. John and his wife Katherine fought in the battle to save Tetepare Island and remain actively involved as Patrons of the Tetepare Descendants’ Association.

“This is a journey to one of the last wild specks of land left on Earth by an author every bit as readable as Tim Flannery - a page turner that will leave readers dazzled that such an island still exists.” James Woodford (Author/Journalist)

John has travelled widely and published ecological surveys from Papua New Guinea and Philippines before devoting the past decade to management and ecological monitoring of the iconic Tetepare Island in the Solomon Islands, the subject of his second book “The Last Wild Island: Saving Tetepare”.John and his wife Katherine now manage their ecological consultancy ‘ecological horizons’ (www.ecologicalhorizons.com )from their 26000 hectare heritage scrub block ‘Secret Rocks’ on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, along with their family of three girls. Johnwith over 70 scientific publications to his name, and Katherine continue to research anything that interests them under the auspices of their association with the University of Adelaide

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Review by:
irene scott
on Jan. 16, 2013 :
a beautiful story of the dedication of two australian conservationists. as someone living in the Solomon Islands, i thought the book was a great reflection on the culture here as well as providing some interesting insight into the history during the tensions.